Other / Body

verb

1 of 70

Other / Body

audio

quiver - To tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion

When his mother removed his pacifier, the baby's lips began to quiver before he started to cry.

verb

See noun

2 of 70

Other / Body

audio

gash - Make a gash in; cut deeply

The ginsu knife was so sharp that it could gash Jesse's skin if he wasn't careful.

adjective

3 of 70

Other / Body

audio

flabby - Uncomplimentary description of loose flesh that sags, droops or flaps.

Jane bought exercise weights to tighten up her flabby arm muscles, but the cat thought they were head rests.

verb

4 of 70

Other / Body

audio

sniff - To draw in air audibly through the nose to detect a smell, to stop it from running, or to express contempt

Because of their superior sense of smell, dogs sniff new people and objects to determine more information about them.

noun

5 of 70

Other / Body

audio

gulp - An act of gulping food or drink

Sweating from the heat, Roger took a big gulp of water to cool down.

verb

See noun

6 of 70

Other / Body

audio

snooze - Have a short, light sleep

Bob snoozed at his desk until his boss had to wake him up.

verb

7 of 70

Other / Body

audio

squat - To crouch or sit with one's knees bent and one's heels close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs

Rex squatted down to get a better look at the ants in the grass.

adjective

8 of 70

Other / Body

audio

clad - Clothed

The valiant knight was clad in chain mail armor and a protective helmet.

noun

9 of 70

Other / Body

Url audio

tummy - The parts inside your body where food is digested; the stomach.

After skipping lunch, in the evening he realized that he would have to eat something when he felt his tummy rumbling.

adjective

10 of 70

Other / Body

audio

ruddy - (of a person's face) having a healthy red color

Prince Harry's ruddy complexion matches his bright red hair.

noun

11 of 70

Other / Body

audio

sniffles - An act of sniffing because of a cold or crying

His cold was clearing up, but Hank still had the sniffles that made his nose run.

verb

12 of 70

Other / Body

audio

pucker - To pull the sides of something, such as skin or cloth together so that folds or wrinkles are formed.

Alice puckered her lips after taking a bite of the sour lemon.